Delaware College of Art and Design President Stuart Baron stands in front of the former Brandywine Suites Hotel, which will be turned into student housing in a plan announced Friday.

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The Delaware College of Art and Design has acquired the Brandywine Suites Hotel in downtown Wilmington as part of a $4.2 million expansion of student housing and campus services.

The school has experienced significant growth in the past few years and needs to continue to grow in order to meet student and curriculum demands, DCAD President Stuart Baron said Friday. Last fall, 198 of DCAD's 254 students requested on-campus housing, resulting in the largest residential student population the city of Wilmington and the college have seen to date, Baron said.